Baby walker convertible into a high chair



Oct. 17, 1944.

B. FELSHER 2.360,483

BABY WALKER CONVERTIBLE INTO A HIGH CHAIR Filed July 2, 1941- 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR. Bewgjamz'n FZsfzez;

Oct. 17, 1944.

B. FELSHER 2,360,483

BABY WALKER CONVERTIBLE INTO A HIGH CHAIR Filed July-2, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Oct. 17, 1944 OFFICE BABY WALKER CONVERTIBLE IN'ro A. man "CHAIR;

Benjamin Felsher, Brooklyn, N. Y. Application July 2, 1941, Serial No. 400,752.

4 Claims. (01. 155-38) This invention relates to a baby Walker which may be converted into a baby high chair, and its principal object is to provide a simplified, low cost, economically and conveniently manufacturable, conveniently utilizable and convertible, efficient, strong, durable, reliable, and improved article for this purpose.

Other objects and advantages will hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawings,

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the device as it appears when utilized as a baby walker.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the article as it appears when converted to serve the function of a baby high chair.

Fig. 3 is a plan view, in an enlarged scale, showing the saddle portion of the baby walker.

Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the walker, but showing appendant parts thereof removed, for clearness of illustration.

Fig. 5 isa top plan view of the stand, forming part of the invention, and utilized in converting the baby walker to the condition of a high chair.

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the device, showing a modification of the invention, which permits collapsement of the elevating stand and chair thereof.

Fig. 7 is a side elevation showing conversion of the elevating stand in Fig. 6, from the operaative position of the latter to a collapsed state.

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary view of a detail of the invention.

Fig. 9 is a front elevation of the chair illustrated in Fig. 6.

Fig. 10 is a side elevation showing conversion of the chair illustrated in Figs. 6, 9, from the operative position of the latter figures to a collapsed state.

Fig. 11 is a side elevation showing utilization of the improvements in connection with a high chair, independently of the baby walker improvements herein, and illustrating the high chair as it appears when in collapsed state.

Fig. l2is a side elevation, in a reduced scale, showing additional improvements.

The baby walker l'comprises a seat 2, a saddle portion 3 in a continuing plane of said seat, and a tray 4 supported upon a post 5. The seat 2 is provided with a back 6 and side arms I. To theunderside of seat 2 aresecured legs 8, mounted on rear wheels 9, and to the underside of the saddle 3 are secured legs I0 upon which are mounted front casters H. The tray 4 is provided'with a pair of rails l2 sliding telescopically in sleeve portions l3 secured to the side-arms l, by which means it may be slid horizontally to an extended position shown in Fig. 1, while the device is used as a baby walker, or it may be slid backwardly to a position shown in Fig. 2 while the device is in the condition of a high chair, with the tray resting upon the arms I. When therefore the tray 4 is in the extended position shownin Fig. 1 it is held up by its post 5 secured thereto and having its lower terminal locked by a hook l4 depending from an eye I5, fastened to saddle portion 3, engagingv an eye" l6 fixed to post 5. When it is required to unlock the post 5, for retraction of the tray 4 to position shown in Fig. 2, the hook i4 is disengaged from the eye l6 whereby the post becomes released. The saddle 3, Figs. 1,v 3, is independent and entirely separable from the seat 2, the forward portion 23 of which, Fig. 4, is configurated as a segmental continuity of the contour ofsaid saddle, and the latter is attachable to the seat by a tongue 24 secured to the saddle and acting as a tenon, Fig. 3, sliding into a mortice fitting 25, Fig. 4, secured to the portion 23 of seat 2. When the saddle 3 and seat 2 are in joint state, Fig. 1, they may be locked to each other by means of awire loop 26 pivoted to tongue 24 having. in turn pivoted thereto a. wire loop 21 which engages a hook 28 depending from the mortice fitting 25. When the loop 21 is in said engagement with hook 28 and the loop 26 retracted against tongue-plate 24, as shown in Fig. 1, the saddle 3 and seat 2' are firmly secured to each other, while when loop 26 is withdrawn, as indicated by the dash and dot. lines, the loop 21 releases from said hook and renders the saddle removable from the seat by withdrawal.

As the baby walker l is also utilized as a car'- riage, with the infant therein seated, a foot-rest 29 is provided, comprising a platform. 30 having links 3| pivoted thereto and to lugs 32 depending from seat 2. Said links suspend the rear of platform 30, while its forward end is sus tained by a lip 33 thereof engaging a book 34 depending from the saddle 3. When the device is utilized as a walker or as a high chair, its

foot rest 29 is conveniently disposed out of the way, by disengaging the platform 30 from hook 34, swinging it toward itslinks 3 I, and then swinging the platform and links about the pivots of lugs 32 in folded state against the underside of seat 2, as shown by dash and dot lines, Fig. 1. The foot-rest 29 is retained in this folded inoperative state, by means ofa lip 35 of platform 30 automatically retracting and engaging a hook 36 depending from seat 2 and under tension of a; spring 31.

For utilizing the baby walker as a high chair there is provided a stand 38, preferably made of tubing and comprising a rectangular framing 39 servingas a floor support, with a pair of posts 4|] terminating in horizontal brackets 4|, Figs. 2 5. Upon the front portions of brackets 4| is securedanextension piece 42 conforming in width to that'of seat 2 and configurated at 43 as a bight registering with the segmental portion 23- 0: said And then the seat 2 is mounted seat, as shown in Fig. 5. To underside of piece 42 are secured lugs 44 to which is hinged a swingable platform 45 serving as a rest for the infants legs and feet, and to said platform is pivoted at 46 a bar 41 having a series of holes 48 adapted to selectively engage a hook 49 depending from the legs 40 of the stand, for adjustably elevating and lowering the platform 45. For mounting the baby walker upon and demounting it from the stand 38, the underside of its seat 2 is provided with a contrivance 50, wherewith the seat 2 may be engaged with and disengaged from the brackets 4| of the stand. Said contrivance comprises a pair of rods slidable longitudinally toward and away from each other in guides 52 secured to seat 2, and each of said rods terminates in a hook 53 adapted to engage the bracket 4|, Fig. 4. A link 54 is pivoted to the seat at 55, as well as at 56 to rods 5!, and to the terminal of said link is pivoted an arm 51 slidably sustained in a strap 58 secured to the seat. When the aforesaid parts 5|, 56, 51 are in the position shown in Fig. 4, the hooks 53 of rods 5| engag the brackets 4| of the stand and thereby secure the seat 2 to the stand, but when said parts are disposed as shown by'the dash and dot lines, by withdrawal and sliding of the arm 51 accordingly through strap 58 the rods 5| are retracted and their hooks 53 thereby become disengaged from brackets 4|, for removal of the seat 2 from the stand. A pair of rails 59 secured to seat 2, Figs. 2, 4, serve to guide and align the seat 2 onto the brackets 4|.

When converting the baby walker, Fig. 1, to serve the function of a high chair as shown in Fig. 2., therefore, the post 5 is unlocked from saddle 3 by pressure of head 28 of device l4, and the tray 4 is retracted to a position upon the arms 1, Fig. 2. Then the saddle 3 is entirely removed from the seat 2, by disengaging the loop 21 from hook 28 and withdrawing the tennon 24 of the former from the mortice 25 of the latter. upon the stand 38, by registering its segmental front 23 with bight 43 of piece 42, resting the seat upon the brackets 4| with the rails 59 in alignment with the latter, and disposing the arm 51 as shown in Fig. 4 to cause hooks 53 to engage the brackets 4!. In this manner the device may be utilized as a high chair in cooperation with the leg-platform 45. Normally, the consumer will initially utilize the device in its altered state in assemblage with the stand 38 as a high chair, Fig. 2, and when the infant reaches walking stages the device may be interchangeably converted into a baby walker, Fig. 1, as well as a high chair. The floor framing 39 is preferably hinged to posts 40 of stand 38 at 60, and braces 6| secure these posts to each other by screws 62 passing through the braces threading into the posts. Upon removal of the braces 6|, therefore, the framing 39 may be swung to the position shown b the dash and dot lines, to thereby collapse the stand for convenient storage during periods of non-use,

In the modification shown in Figs. 6, 7, the elevating stand 38a comprises a pair of frames 63, 64, pivoted at 65, whereby the said frames expand to an operative condition shown in Fig. 6 or collapse to an inoperative state illustrated in Fig. 7. The terminal of frame 63 is provided with a cross-bar 66, and frame 64 carries a similar bar 61. To bar 66 is pivoted a pair of arms 68, to which is in turn secured the seat extension piece 42 carrying the platform 45 with its supporting 1 Fig. 10, and then the seat 2 is lever 41 that engages a bar 63a depending from frame 63, for adjustable setting of said platform. The terminals of arms 68 are provided with hooks 69 adapted to engage the bar 61, in the manner shown in Fig. 6, when the frame 38a is in expanded state, to lock the stand in this operative condition, in which the chair-seat 2 may be placed upon the arms 68 and locked in mounted position upon the stand by swinging a lever 16, pivoted at 1| to the underside of seat 2, into engagement with the bar 61 of frame 64, in the manner illustrated in Fig. 8. Upon the disengagement and removal of the chair I a from the frame 38a, the latter is readily collapsed to the condition shown in ,Fig. 7, for convenient storage or other purposes, by merely unhooking the arms 68 from bar 61, swinging the frames 63, 64 to folded collapsed state shown, and swinging the seat-piece 42 about rod 66 to parallelism with the collapsed frames, the platform 45 thereupon assuming a corresponding parallel condition and the entire stand 380. thereby attaining a completely compacted condition,

The baby chair Ia, Figs. 6, 9, 10, comprises the seat 2, a back 6 which is pivoted thereto at 12, side-arms 1 pivoted to said back at 13, and sidewalls 14 that are pivoted or hinged to said arms at 15, the walls 14 carrying ears 16 having eyes 11 that register with winged keys 18 that are pivotally mounted in the lateral edges of the chair seat 2. The side-walls 14 may be swung about their hinges 15 to upright operative position shown in Fig. 9 and to a' collapsed state illustrated by the dash and dot lines. When in their former position the side-walls 14 may be readily locked in operative state to the seat 2 by passing' its slotted eyes 11 over the keys18 of said seat and then turning the keys transversely of said eyes. When it is desired to collapse the baby chair la, its side-walls 14 are unlocked from its seat 2 and are swung to the position of the dash and dot lines, Fig. 9, then the walls 14 are swung together with the side-arms 1 about pivots 13 to alignment with the back 6, as shown in swung about pivots 12 into alignment with back 6, the chair thereby attaining the completely compacted condition illustrated in Fig. 10, in which it is rendered convenient for storage or transportation. It will be evident that in the baby chair Ia. its side-walls 14 may be modified by hinging them to the lateral edges of seat 2 and locking them to the side-arms 1, or by hinging them to the lateral edges of back 6 and locking them to either the lateral edges of seat 2 or to the side arms 1, without departing from the essential character of the invention.

According to the modification shown in Fig. 11, the chair seat 2 and its segmentary piece 42 of Fig. 7 are herein made integral as a unitary seat In the modification illustrated in Fig. 12, the elevating chair a receptacle 82, for the infant.

Variations may be resorted to within the scope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A collapsible baby high chair having the combination of a seat for said chair, an elevating stand for said chair, said seat and stand being provided with coacting devices for engaging them to each other to form a high chair and for disengaging them from each other, said stand consisting of a pair of frames hinged to each other for collapsing to inoperative state and expansion to operative condition, means to lock said frames to each other to retain the stand in expanded operative condition, said chair having a back, side arms, and side walls, said back being pivoted to said seat for collapsing to inoperative state, said side arms being pivoted to said back to swing from operative condition to a position against said back when said side arms are in alignment with said back, and means to lock said side walls to said seat when the chair is in operative condition.

2. A collapsible baby chair having the combination of a seat, a back, side arms, and side walls, said back being pivoted to said seat for collapsing to inoperative state, said side arms being pivoted to said back to swing from operative condition to a position in alignment with said back, said side walls being pivoted to said arms to swing from an operative condition to a position against said back when said side arms are in alignment with said back, means to lock said side walls to said seat when the chain is in operative condition, an elevating stand for said chair consisting of a pair of frames hinged to each other for collapsing to inoperative state and expansion to operative condition, and said seat being pivoted to one of said frames and having means to engage the other of said frames to retain the stand in expanded operative condition.

3. In a baby walker convertible into a high chair, a wheeled seat portion having a forward member thereof provided with means for engagement with cooperating means on a wheeled forward saddle extension to rigidly secure said parts together and to thereby form a wheeled baby walker, said wheeled seat portion being further provided with means cooperable with suitable devices upon an elevating stand whereby the seat may be mounted upon the stand in an elevated position and securely locked thereto to form a high chair therewith.

4. In a baby walker convertible into a high chair, a wheeled seat portion having a forward member thereof provided with means for engagement with cooperating means on a wheeled forward saddle extension to rigidly secure said parts together and to thereby form a wheeled baby walker, said seat having arm-rests, a tray mounted to slide over said arm-rests toward and away from said seat carrying a supporting post therefor terminating over said saddle, and means to lock the terminal of said post to and unlock it from said saddle.

BENJAMIN FELSHER. 

